BY DAVID OVER.
SPRING.
BY ALFRED TENNYSON.
Dip down upon the northern shore,
Oli sweet new year, delaying long ;
Thou dost xpect'iut nature wrong.
Delaying long; delay no more,
What stays thee from the clouded noons,
Thy sweetness front its proper place t
Civ trouble live with Apr'! days,
Or sadness in the summer modus ?
Bring or-'his, bring tlie foxglove spire,
The little speedwell's darling blue,
Peep tulips, dashed with fiery dew,
Laburnums, dropping wells of fir.V'
Oh thou new year, delaying long,
Del .vest tho sorrow fn my blood.
That longs to hurst a frozen hud.
Ami flood a fresher threat with so .g.
Now fades the long last streak of snow ;
New bmgoons every maze of quick
About the fl .woring squares, and thick
Bv ashen roots the • i .!e*s H >w.
Now linos the woodland loud and long.
The distance takes a lovelier hue,
And diowned in yonder living biue
The Ink becomes * sightless song.
Now dance the lights on lawn and lea,
'i he flocks uic whiter down the rale,
And milkier eveiy milky sail
On winding stream or distant sen.
Where ROW the si a mew pipes, or dives
In yonder greening gleam, and fly
The happy birds, that change their sky
To build and brood, that live their lives.
from land to land, and in my breast
Spring wakens too . and my regret
Becomes and April violet,
AIM uir's and blossoms like the rest.
A WOROTO il'l'lUATlt iif?.
Apprenticeship is the most important stage
of life through which a mechanic is called to
pass ; it is emphatically the spring season of
his days—the time win 11 he is sor ing the seed,
the fruits of which he i to reap in after years.
If he spare no labor in its proper culture, he
58 sure of obtaining an -ab 1 1 Jarit h.rvesf ; hut
if, in the cuiiuie .! the mental soil he folh ws
the example of many in tilling the earth, r.ni
carelessly and negligently does ins work, like
iheuj, h? will find the seeding time past, and
his ground oniy bringing forth weeds ami bri
srs. Let the young apprentice hear iu mind,
when in commences learning any business,
that all hopes of success in insure are d .omod
to fade aw3y like tb morning mist, unless he
improve the go. Jen season. Let him hear in
iiunii that he cau become muster .f • ss Lu-iuess
o.ily through the t Io-est application aud the
most persevering industry . and that unless he
does muster it, may hid farewell 10 ail the
visions of future prospects aud success. The
apprenticeship is the foundation of the great
mechanical edifice ; aud surely if the founda
tion of a structure he not firm, the situ 1 i%e
itself crumbles and falls to the earth. Tbeu,
young friends, persevere; be studious aud at
tentive; s'.udy well all the brunches of your
busiuess, both practical and theoretical— and
whru the time shall come for you to take au
ac ivepartiu life, yea will Dot fail to be of
use not only in your own particular business,
but in social v.
A STHONG MIMH I) WOHI.V,
The Treeion American is our autbu.itjr for
t te subjoined romantic incident:
"A gentleman white diiviug from Newark to
lf.ooibQeiii, late at uight, met a feiu-.'le, young
h icl beautiiui, ou the road, lie invited her to
ri !e with Liui, and iuquired the uiuse of her
b iog out uioue at that time of night. She re
p sed *batshe had arrived in Newark too late
f >r the stage to B loom tie! J, where she was go
i ig to visit some friends, and had concluded, as
tic distance was not great, to walk nu' theic
rather 'b*u to remain iu tue city. The gent
leman then asked if she was nut afraid to he
alone on tuo public highway at that hour and
ou such a dark night. "On no," she replied,
' I have carried a pistol for two years, and am
ne/er afraid." The gooiirman looked at the
icaker and saw she was not only young but
U r, and canto to the conclusion that iter edu-
Oition Lad been somewhat different from that
of our city belles, who think it ao awful mat
ter to bo left ftlone for a half a minute 10 the
Middle of u tuoui. The young lady, the gen
* euun learned, is of the highest respectibilny,
*id had cuuie trout Pennsylvania to visit her
friend:; here, alone. {She was doubtless well
ajie ij take euro of herself."
Numdek Of Human Hones.—lt. is a fact,
which, apparently, is not generally knowo. that
tcere are thirty-two bones, neither more uor
'e*s, iu oil the divisions of the liumau tody.—
Urns, there are thirty-two tgetb, thirty-two
fftnul junetioiiß; and so on.
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agileulture, &c., &e—Terras: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance.
i From an English Magazine.
: t THRILLI^JBVESTIRE.
"Fa'her will have done the great chixney
' to-night, won't lie, mother?" said little Toth
my Howard, as he stood waiting for bis father's
breakfast, which he carried to him at his work
every morning,
i "lie said that he hoped that all the scaffold
wig would he down to-night," answered the
aether, "and that'll he a fine sight; for I nev
er like the ending of those great chimneys;
j it is so risky foi fatbor to be the last tip."
"Oh, then, but I'll go and seek biin, and
help 'etu to give a shout afore he cou.es down,"
'■ said Tom.
"And then," continued the mother, "if H
j goes on right, we are to have a Irolic to-inoi-
I row, and go into the country, and take our din
| ner, and spend all the day in the woods."
"Hurrah !" cried Torn, as ho ran oft to his
father's place of work, with a oau of milk in
una hand and some broad in the other. His
i mother stood at the door, watching him, us ho
' went merrily whistling down the street, and
! rhe thought of the dear father he was going tc,
j and the dangerous work he was engaged in,
and then her heart sought its sure refuge, and
; she prayed to God to protect and bless her
! treasures.
j Tom with a light heart pursued Lis way to
j his father, and leaving him his breakfa*t, went
| to his own work, which was at some distance.
In the evening, on his way home, he went
| around to see how his father was getting on.
James Howard, the father, and a number of
! other workmen, had been building one of those
lofty chimneys, which, in our manufacturing
'j towns, almost supply tiic place of other aivbi
ttctur.it beauty. The chimney was of the high
: est and mo-i tapering that had ever beeu ereet
i ed, and as Tytu shaded his eyes from the slant
ing rays of the setting sun, trad locked up in
; search of his father, Lis heart sank within him
at the appalling sight. The scaffold was al
most down, the men at the bottom were remo
ting the beams and poles. Tom's father stood
ai- wc; at the top.
He then looked arouud to see that everything
was right, and then, waviug his hat in the air,
the men below answered him with a long loud
cheer, little Tom shouting as loud as any of
: them. As tbir Videos died away, however,
. they beard different sound, a cry of horror
and alarm from above. The men looked around,
; and coiled upon the ground lay the rope, which
! before the scaffolding was removed, should have
beeu fastened to the chimney, for Tom's tather
to come down by ! The scaffolding hud beeu
taken down without remembering to lake the
| rope up. There was a dead sileoee. They all
' knew it was impossible to throw the rope up
high enough to reach the top of the chimney,
f>r eveu if possible, 11 would hardly be safe.—
They stuod iu silent dismay, unable to give any
helper tliiuk of any means of safety.
| And Turn's father. lie walked round and
( round the little circle, the dizzy height seeui
i irig more and uioro fearful, and the solid earth
i further and further from him. in the sudden
j panic he lost his presence of utind, his senses
| failed him. lie shut his eyes; he felt as if the
j nest moment lie must bo dashed to pieces en
j the ground below.
The day passed as industriously as u-ual
. w.th lours mother at home, she was always
j busily employ ed for her husband and children
' in some way or other, and to-Jay she had beeu
J harder at work than usual, getting ready lot
the holiday to-morrow, gshe had jusi finished
her arrangements, ami her thoughts were si
j Intitly thanking God for the happy home, and
for ail those blessings, when Tom rau in
liis lace was white as ashes, and ho could
hurdiy get his words out.
'•Who, lad—thy father ?" asked the mm her.
••They have forgotten to leave him the rope,"
answered Torn, stiii scarcely able to speak.—
i The mother started op, horior-sti uek. and
stood fot a moment us if paralyzed, then pres
i sing her bancs over her face, as to shut out the
terrible picture, and breathing a prayer to God
fur help, she rushed out of the house.
When she reached 'he place where her hns
! band was at work, a crowd gathered around the
] foot of the chimney, and stood quite heirless,
gazing up with trees fall of sorrow.
"lie says he'll throw hiuiself down."
"Thee iiiuDoa do that, lad," eried the wife,
i wi ha clear hopeful voice: "ihe munua do
that— wait a bit. Take off thy stocking, lad,
| and unravel i, and let down the thread with a
| hit of mortar. Host thou hear me, Jem?"
; The man made a sign of assent, for it seeui-
I ed as if lie ooul l not speak—and taking off his
; stocking, unraveled the worsted yarn, row af
i tor row. Tito people stood around in breatb
i iesa silence and suspense, wondering what
| Tom's mother could be thinking of, and why
! she sent him in such haste lor the carpenter's
j ball of tivine.
"Let down one end of the thread with a hit
jof stone, and keep fast bold of the other,"
cried she to her husbaud. The little thread
! came waving dowH the tall chimney, blown
i hither and thither by the wind, but it reached
j the outstretched hands that were aw ailing it.—
j 'lam held the hill of twiuc, while his mother
| tied ous end of it to the thread.
"Now pull it slowly," cried she to her Lus
batid, and she gradually unwound the string
until it reached Liui. "Now, hold tho siring
j fast, and pull it up," cried she, and the string
j grew heavy and hard to pull, for Turn and Ins
mother had fastened a thick rope to it. They
i watched it gradually and slowly uncoiling from
j the grouuJ, and the string was drawn higher.
There was but one coil left. It had reached
j the top. "Thank God !" exclaimed the wife.
[ She Liu her face in her bunds in silent prayer,
| and tremblingly n j .iced. Tha iron to which
I it should be ta-iteued was ibere uli right—but
would her Lnbaud he able to make use of it ?
' Would not the terror of the past hour Lure so
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, MAT 6, 1859.
unnerved kitu as to prevent him from taking
the necessary measures for safety? She did
not know the magical influence wbtcb her few
words had exercised over him—She did not
kr.ow the strength that the sound of her voice,
so calm and steadfast, had filled him—as if
the litt'e thread that carried to him the hope
of life onee more, had conveyed to him eouio
portion of that faith in God, which nothing ev
er destroyed or shook iu her pure heart. She
did uot know that as she waited there, the
words came over him, "Why art thou cast
down, O iny soul, why art thou disquieted with
in me ? hope thou in God." She lifted her
I heart to God for hope and strength, but could
!do nothing more for her husband, and her
i heart turned to God aud rested on hiui as on a
j rock.
There was a great shout, "lie's safe, moth
er; he's safe !" cried Toui. "Thou bast saved
my iife, my Mary, said her husband, folding
i her in his arms.
'•But what ails thee ? thou seemcst more sor
|ry than glad about it." But Mary could not
speak, and if the strong arm of hot husband
had uot held br up, she would have fallen to
t the ground—the sudden joy after such fear had
i overcome her.
"Tom, let thy mother lean on thy shoulder,"
said his father, "ana wc will take her home."
Aud in their bmpy home they poured forth
1 thanks to trod for his great goodness, and their
! happy hie together felt dearer aud holier for
! tho peril he hid been i', and tho nearness of
the danger had brought tliem unto God. And
; ihe holiday r.cxt day—was it uot a thanksgiv-1
j it;g day ?
.4 DCTERniiED DUGLIST.
The duel iu which a brother of the lale
j Philip Barton Key wis killed by Lieutenant
Sherburne, twenty years ago, is described as
follows by au ex-uiiddiiptimti of the U. States
' Navy :
"It was fought in 'he month of June, 183G,
on a vacant lot. of land lying between the Cap
itol at Washington, and the Navy Sfard. The
day was iatetiseiy warm* and just as the fight
was ended, there rose one of the most, frighful
thunder storms 1 evei witnessed. This ren
dered the bloody affray the more remarkable.
At about 8 o'clock in the morning, 1 was
called on by a friend of young, Key, who in
formed me that a duel was to be fought, and
he eagerly solicited me to interfere, and, if
possible, prevent i. 1 replied that 1 would
ioterpose to the best of my ability, though I
certainly had no especial interest iu either
party. I inquired of my inorfmant if it were
not possible that he had been misinformed ?
He replied that there could be no mistake
about it • for young Key had, the day before,
borrowed the dueling pi-qols of the lion.
Henry A Wise and that every thing had been
arranged. lat once called on Mr. Wise, and
asired him if he hud loaned his pi-tola to any
one ? tie replied that he had. That a young
gentleman had solicited theiu for the purpose
of practicing, aud that he hail loaned them ;
but was confident that nothing iike a duel was
on Laud, 'for,' he tdded, 'i am sure I would
not loan them to ayoulli for any such purpose.'
§'i!i. being urged by my friend, 1 instantly re
paired to the locality whore it. was said the
duel was to be fought. Ou our arrival, we
fouuu young Key and his antagonist, Sber
burne, on the ground. 1 believe that a shot
had already been exchanged ; but of this I
aui not certain. Key mid Sherburne Were
both midshipmen in the United Slates Navy,
atid th :ir cause of quairel, as well as 1 can re
ineuiber, originat d while both were on the Cu
ban station, and had its origin in the ward
room. it had nothing to do with worn u.—
Sherburne was a native of New Hampshire, a
young man of mar it, exceedingly modest, and
opposed to dueling hotn consciencious consid
ei at ions, lie endeavored to effect a reconcili
ation, hut Key was inexorable. Sherburne, 1
am very sure, fired once in the air, refusing to
seek the life of his antagonist. This produ
ced no effect ou Key; he insisted that the fight
should proceed, riherburue then said to his
second, "If he will pot accept any accommo
dation, I will certainly kill him." At the next
fire, Key fell mortally wounded, a ball having
pissod eutirely through his lungs and < heat,
producing infusion of the heart. Sherburne,
accompanied by his friend and surgeon, Dr. 11.
with the couseot of the friend of Key, and his
surgeon, approached the dy ing youth, asked his
forgiveness, and tendered hiui his baud. He
WHS repulsed wirh the spirit of a demon, and
indignantly bidden to be off. "Away ! away !"
exclaimed Key, in tuo voice of deatbi "leave
me. 1 came not here to whine and whimper.
I came here to fight - to he avenged—to inaiu-
wounded honor. The chances have
been with you, aud I die— leaving to you my
last and eternal ixecration and defiance!" In
five minutes after he was a corpse.
INTEMPERATE DUCKS.— The vicinity of
Hey worth, in thin county, i.s somewhat celebra
ted for the immense number of ducks which
congregate there every spring. A gentleman
who lives there, iuforms us that he aud his
neighbors have lived on duck flesh so long that
they have some fear of bccoitiog web-footed.
A man named Ben Taffe, fatigued himself so
much by loading his gun, aud killing ducks
with fine shot, that he concluded to see if he
could not kill them with coarse wLiskoy. With
that object iu view, he came to this city, and
bought a gallon of what u known by hard
drinkers as "sure death rouud the corner.'" —-
He took it home aud soaked a lot of corn iu it
and left tho corn lying round loose. Tho ducks
swalinwed the corn without tasting ibe whiskey
and the conscqueuoe was, that they became
aead drunk iu a few minutes. They did uot
recover from their first drunk until Mr. 'L'afie
twisted their heads from their bodies. About
fifty of them wore.victimized in about an hour.
—Bloomington Pantograph.
A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
JjFbe following story, told by an exchange,
ftfPy illustrates the truth of the remark that
'trifles light as air, are to the jealous confirma
tion strong as proofs of holy writ,' A gentle-,
tnfti residing at Crestline, with a loving and
beautiful wife, became exceedingly jealous of a
Mfusficld lawyer, who visited the house fre
qepntly, and who always sought a private in
terview with the lady. The husband quietly
brooded over his vvrougs for a time, and then
actually proposed to a brakcßiuau on the rail
road that he should murder the lawyer for a
stipulated sum. The brakesman accepted the
proposition, but instead of executing his bloody
trust, he told the lawyer all about the matter.
The story goes as follows:
"One evening, as the husband was approach
ing his bouse, he beheld the lawyer leaving the
house, and on entering, saw his wife hurriedly
shut a bureau drawer. In her absence, he ex
amined the drawer. Imagine his surpri-6 at
discovering io it a quantity of gold coiu which
he supposed had purchased his wife's chastity.
He was almost frantic, but said nothing, still
hoping to hear of the lawyer's early dece .se,
as per arrangement with the brakesman. On
the next morning the lawyer and brakesman,
by an understanding with the wife, who was
'posted' iu the whole affair, called at the house,
tho wife received them in her quiet and lady
like way tho husbaud treated them with great
cosiness aud indifference, and began to regard
the brakesman with suspicions of infidelity to
his.trust. The wife quietly went to the bureau
look therefrom the bag of gol-i, aud turning to
her husband, said:
"Here is §8,711 which uiy attorney has, af
ter a great amount of labor, collected as uiy
legacy, from the administrator of my undo,
whom you did not know, but who died in New
Jersey, some eleven years ago. Ilis kindly of
fice, for which he has retained a reasonable fee,
has affected you with jealousy. I hope this may
teach you never to impute crimes to others, un
less you have better evidence than meresuspi
cio * of their guilt."
'Hie brakesman then roaq audh.'.nied over a
package saying:
•Ti'his is the price set upon the lawyer's head,
hut after an investigation, 1 concluded be didu't
need killing, and herewith return it to you ho
ping you will becouro a wiser and bettor man."
The reader may imagine the effect produced
upon the jealous .husband by being simultane
ously convinced of bis wife's fidelity and pos
sessed of §8,711 in gold.
A isUitGICAL MOASTROSHT.
The Philadelphia corespondent of the New
York Tribune, under date of April *2l, Las the
following:
"A child seven month? old, was recently
brought to the Jefferson College Hospital from
the western part of the State, having appended
to its left cheek a large mass of flesh, some
what resembling a tumor. This tnas3 grew more
rapidly than the child itself. At birth it was
uo larger thau an apple, hut when brought here
last mouth it was nearly a foot long. Its sur
face was neither smooth nor regular, but was
divided into several globular mas.-es, while pul
sation was distinctly perceptible, regular and
interrnpied from forty to a hundred beats per
minute. It was traversed by a large artery,
showing that it was largely supplied with blood.
The tumor was connected to the child's cheek
by a peculiar caul-like membrane, pierced with
bcles, and its presenco was a source of coustant
irritation to the child, though supported by the
mother's hand. How to remove this huge tu
mor without destroying the iife of the child was
the great surgical problem. The parents warn
ed of the danger, were yet extremely anxious
to have the frightiul parasites taken off. Dr.
l'ancoast, under whose charge the patient had
been placed, decided that the use of the knife
would result in a fatal bemorrage, aud deter
mined to divide the caul-like membrane Py using
a French surgical instrument, the ecraseur t
which, by forcing down the skiu, and bruising
tha vessels thoroughly before the chain of the
iustrumeut cuts through the mass, effectually
prevents all serious bleeding. The operation
was performed iu presence of an immense as
semblage of medical mcu students and oth
ers.
"The child was placed under the influence
of ether, when all pulsation iu the parasite was
observed to cease. The instrument being ap
plied, the chain was rapidly worked uutii the
parts were well compressed, and afterwards very
slowly, in fifteen minutes the tumor came away
with tbu instrument, the chain having worked
through the connecting membrane, while scarce
ly a drop of tlood followed the removal, aud
but ODO small vessel required a ligature. Tbc
surface left on the cheek was about two inches
square, aud the tumor weighed two and a half
pounds. The whole operation was entirely suc
cessful, and the child lives, aud has fully re
covered. But the extr-aordinaiy part remains
to bo told. The tumor thus taken oft was found
to contain a living child, pnperfeetly developed
it is true, but still a living child. Fiugers
were seen and a portiou of a rudimentary arm.
The intestines were well developed, and no
doubt was eutertaiued of its being a male child
A body, presumed to he the heart, contained,
imperfectly formed, auricles and ventricles.—
The meseuteiic arteries aud veins were ot large
size. The diaseoting knife came repeatedly in
contact with the osseous matter of a rudimen
tary skeleton. Fat was found in large quanti
ties every where. It was, iu fact, a repetition
of the Siamese Twins, only less perfectly ed
veloped. These results were received with pro
found astonishment, by the crowded audience
who wituesscd the operation. The case is said
to' he uuique in tho annals of human malforma
tion.
EMPANELING A JULY.
The New York Picayune goeth it iu the fol
lowing manner:
We dropped into the Court of Quarter Ses
sions the other day, to "take a look rouud us,"
and whiie there, we witnessed the mode of em
paneling a jury.
The first name called was Simon Bungstart
er. He had heard the case iu dispute, and
formed an opinion—quite forgot what opinion
was—could easily form another, though. Dis
liked the prisoner; was down on prisoners gen
erally, Challenged.
The next, De Drabbit Ruff, had never heard
of the ease; formed no opinion; could not read;
disliked reading, could write a cross to his
name; always judged prisoners by their looks;
didn't know what the case was all about. Ac
cepted.
Stephen Brottellby—Had read of the case
in the papers; first iu the Herald—thought the
prisoner guilty; then iu the Tribuue—knew he
was innocent; could judge impartially and give
a verdict with the majority. Challenged.
Bernard MoGropgerty—Heard of the case
from one-eyed Laftert; knew the prisoner well;
lie owed him two dollars—a rum hill; would
make hiui sweat; was a professional juryman,
aud always went into the jury box with his
verdict in his pocket, so as to lose no time;
could now leave his verdict with the court aud
go home. Challenged.
Burty Cuttlehead—Had expressed no opin
iou, but formed several, wanted to be paid for
his services, else he wouldu't serve; had the
small pox very bad, so could keep the jury
from disagreeing; say which way you want the
ease to go, ard he was bound to fetch it.—
Challenged.
Mayers SehweinbuscLergrith—Heard von de
guse; don't got no biuious, aiuks de brisuer
should be hanged; veil sick uiit his stomack
putty bad; vnnt to go home. Accepted.
Welington Wiuterbottom—Eardsummat lia
bout it; thinks hit hall an 'umbug. Yould like
to 'ove the prisoner down to Brummagem Bill's
fur an 'our vould knock the fat off his eyeballs
LlJiu'd quick; did'nt believe him. Accepted.
Sampson Stolid—Could judge impartially;
didn't care which way he went: if the prisoner
was acquitted he's let off; if he's found guilty,
he's {jardoned.
We waited nu longer, haying business else
where. We left the Court uuder the impres
si n that there's a little fun and a good deal of
farce about empaneling a jury.
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.— In Judge L.'s effiee
was always kept for private entertainment and
solace, a demijohn of "good old Jamaica."—
His Honor noticed that every Monday morning
it was lighter, a more abstracted "John" than
he left it on Saturday night. Sam was also
missing from Lis usual seat in the orthodox
paternal pew.
On Suntlay afternoon Sam came in about
five o'clock, and (rather heavily) went up
stairs. The Judge culled after him: "Sam,
where have you been ?"
"To church, sir."
"What church, Sam?"
"The Second Methodist, sir."
"Have a good sermon, Sam?"
"Very powerful, sir; it quite staggered mo,
sir "
"Ah, I sec," said the Judge, "quite power
ful, eh. Sam ?"'
The next Sunday the SCD came home rath
er earlier thau usual, and apparently not so
much "under the weather." ilis father hail*
ed him with : "Well, Sam, been to (he 'Second
Meth.' again to-day ?"
"Yes, sir."
"Good sermon, my boy?"
"Fact that I couldn't get in ;
church shut affi a ticket on the door."
"Sorry, Sam : keep going, you may get good
by it jet."
Sam says, on going to the office for bis us
ual spirit^ ual refreshment, ho fouud the 'John' i
empty, and bearing this label: "There will be !
no service here to-Jay, this church being dosed
for repairs 1"
Sam departed a "sadder and a wiser," but
(with his bibulous proclivities) not a better
rnon.
TRUE!— The Uarrisbnrg State Sentinel, the
organ of Gov. Pucker, says the Lancaster
Union, "pitches into" Old Buck without mer
cy. The last number of that paper has column
upou column of bitter things and true ones,
to >—against the "old siuner." The following
is a sample of their character, and many of
our "Democratic" fellow citizens will join with
us iu saying that it is a truthful shot. Even
the most of those who adhered to Buchanan
and denounced Col. Frazer ail through the
hard fought cootest between the two "Demo
cratic" leaders in Lancaster county, will admit
tha tiuthfulness of the following:
"TIIEOLDWAR HOUSE."— lieab Frazer,
the old war horse of Democracy, as he was
called wheu he fought so gallantly the battles
of the party, was an intimate personal friend
of James Buchanan when that gentleman, in
the infancy of his Democracy, needed friends.
Col. Forney, a little later, was another zeal
ous, working friend of old Buck. Both found
out his truo character iu the lapse of years ;
but as Frazer's friendship commenced earlier
iu the day, so the grand discovery was made by
hiui at an earlier period. Frazer is dead ;
some of his opinious survive him—this one
among the number :
"Buchanan is a treacherous frienil —a cold
blooded old Federalist—who, if he ever shall
become President, will betray his party and his
trust."
Verily, a shrewd man, was "the old war
VOL. 32, NO. 19.
ILLUSTRATION! OF LIFE-
Bishop Heher, upon departing for India, said
in bis fareweli sermon :
"Lile bears us on like the stream of a migh
ty river. Oar boat at first goes down the
mighty channel—through thejplayfal murmur
ing of the little brook, and the willows upoa
its grassy borders. The trees shed their blos
soms over our young heads, the flowers on the
bank seem to offer themselves to our hands ;
we are happy m hope, and grasp eagerly at the
beauties around us; the stream hurries on,
aud still our hands are empty. Our course in
youth and mauuood is a long a wider and*deep
er flood, and amid objects more striking and
| magnificent. We are animated by the moving
piciure of enjoyment and industry passing us,
we are exalted by our short lived enjoyment.
The stream bears us on, and joys and griefs
are left behind us. We may be shipwrecked,
but we cannot be delayed ; for, roogh or
smooth, the river hastens towards its home, tiil
the roar of the ocean i 3 in our ears, and the
waves beneath our feet, aud the floods are
lifted up around us, aud we taice our leave of
earth and its inhabitants, until of our further
voyage there is no witness save the Infinite and
Eternal.
A HARD BOAD TO TRAVEL.— It appears to
be generally admitted tint "Jordan is a hard
road to travel." Jim Saerwood tells of one
that, if cot the veritable "Jordan" itself,
must be its "next friend." Let Sherwood
speak for himself :
Time—towards eveniog. Place— forks of
the road somewhere in North Carolina. Log
cabin ; close by, a red-beaded boy sitting on
the feuce whistling "Jordan." Enter traveler
on an old gray mare, both looking pretty well
worn out.
Traveler—Say, boy, whieh of those roads
goes to Milton ?
Stuttering Boy—B-b both on 'em goes thar.
Traveler—VYeii, which is the quickest way ?
Boy—B-b-both alike; b-both on 'em g-g
--gets thar b-b-bout the same tune o' day.
Traveler—llow far is it ?
Boy—B-b-bout f-f-four mile.
Traveler—Which is tha Lest rnnJt
Boy—Th-tb-they ain't nary one the b-best.
If you t-t-taka the right band road and g-go
about a m m-mile, you'll wish you was iu h-h
--hell : and if you t-t-turn hack aud take the
left hand one, b-by the time you have g-goue
half a tn-tnile, you'll wish you'd k-k-kept tha
other.
Traveler—G'iang!
EQUAL JusricE TO MAN AND WOMAN.—
Tho refined woman recoils with virtuous scorn
from her fallen sister, but often welcomes hiui
by whom she fell. We are told that Christ
: said to the womau's accusers, "He that is with
j out siu among you, lot hiuicast the first stone,"
'■ bnt, smitten by conscience, they went out ono
jby one. And who is not in some way allied to
J this great guilt? The fact of common weak
| ness should at least make us merciful. It is
1 not just that upon the womaD alone should fall
! the blot of shame. The text is a great lesson
|of justice also. There is neither justice, hon?
jor cor delicacy in our modern custom, which
i scarcely frowns upon the guilty man, while
! pouring out all the vials of wrath upon the
' guilty woman, it may or may not be true, as
| some insist, that, this foul cancer in society can
i never be eradicated; but ye ought at least to
insist upon it that the eheme shall be equally
divided, that the stoning man shall be branded
as deeply as tbo siuuing woman. Suppose er
ery guilty man bore the mirk of shame iu his
face, in the market, or at church, how long
would the evil continue? But the meaonesss
of man has thrust toe whole sbama upon wo
man.—Rev. E. H. Cfiapin.
I'cwer of Prayer.
A Minister, whose name is not necessary now
to give, had a* son who was quite a rogue, and
withal somothiug of a wag. One day the boy
had been guilty of some misdemeanor, for which
the father called Lirn to an account, when the
following dialogue took place :
'John, you have done wrong and I must pun
ish you-'
'Very well, sir, just as you say.'
'Then take off your coat.'
'Certainly sir.'
'Now take off your vest.'
'Just as you please, sir.'
'Now, my son, it is my duty to flog vou.'
'fes sir; but, father, would it not be best
first to engage in prayer?'
This was too much for the minister, the wag
gery of the son completely over oame him,
without either prayejr or flogging, he dismissed
the boy, while he turned away te relieve his
risibles.
JUST bo.—Why is.there always a strong
draught under the door and through the crevi
ces ou each side? Because cold air rushes from
the ball to supply the void in the room, caused
by the escape of warm air up tbe chimney, se.
Wby is there always a strong draught through
tbe keyhole of a door l Because the air in the
room we occupy is warmer thau the air iu the
hall; therefore the air from tho hall rushes
through tho keyhole iuto the room, and causes
a draught.
Which is the hottest place iu a ckurob or
chapel? Tbe gallery.
A miser having threatened to give a poor man
soma blows with a stick. "X dotrr believe you."
said the Qther, -'for you never gave anything.'*